Loredana Spadola

@loredina

Italian; Mancunian; reads books; chemist in a former incarnation; likes to get around walking, cycling, running, or by train, bus, ferry. She/her/hers

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Loredana Spadola@loredina· 13d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is GREEN. Tomorrow's word is BARK. (something unexpected in the greenery)

The statue of a naked woman lying on the grass as if asleep inside a neglected urban park. The statue is white and a little dirty.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 14d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is GLASS. tomorrow's word is GREEN. (coffee in a glass)

A black and white photo showing a cappuccino in a glass with metallic handles resting on a serviette. Teaspoons are on the table and the hand of a person reading a book is visible across the table.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 16d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is POWER. Tomorrow's word is GLASS. (Power to everyone)

An electricity pole with cables going from its top in all directions is standing against the blue sky next to a terrace house.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 19d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is HEAVY. tomorrow's word is POWER. (HEAVY loaded tandems)

In the middle of a square in Ulm (Germany) there are two heavily loaded tandems with several panniers each.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 20d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is SECRET. Tomorrow's word is HEAVY. (A secret window to the railway station in Zwolle, Netherlands)

A spherical brown brick construction has a small rectangular window that shows a platform of the railway station below. The walls below are made of white bricks and form arches that make the train platform very interesting.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 21d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is CHANGE Tomorrow's word is SECRET. (Arndale exCHANGE bookshop in Manchester).

The busy frontage of a second hand bookshop in Manchester called Arndale Exchange, with several notices outside, for example: "customers wanted! No experience necessary"; "English and American books and magazines"; "we give hard cash for your books and magazines"; "video"; "British and American girlie mags".

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 23d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is CORNER Tomorrow's word is CHANGE. (A detail of the Cornerhouse in Manchester, a famous cinema before it closed and moved elsewhere and changed name to HOME).

The gray pillars outside the Victorian building of the Cornerhouse in Manchester. At the top you can see the words "film books food drinks" all attached. Below the name of the cinema is partially visible (Cornerhouse).

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 27d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is SPEED. tomorrow's word is CORNER. (Speed from the train)

Looking through the window of a speeding train all you can see are the reflections from the seats in the train and some horizontal lines that give a hint of train in movement.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· 29d

Today's #dailypicturegame word is WHITE. Tomorrow's word is SPEED. (The Arc de Triomphe in Paris wrapped in white by artists Christo and Jean-Claude)

A view of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris wrapped in white fabric as artwork designed by Christo and Jean-Claude in 2021. The monument is shown from a short distance in the square against the blue sky of a day in September.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jul 14

Today's #dailypicturegame word is OLD. Tomorrow's word is WHITE. (The Old Trafford stadium, home of Manchester United)

A view of the Old Trafford stadium from the Bridgewater canal. The stadium is red, and this is the side of the Sir Alex Ferguson stand.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jul 12

Today's #dailypicturegame word is BIRD. Tomorrow's word is OLD. (A mosaic called "Guardian of Ancoats" in Manchester, by Mark Kennedy).

A mosaic titled "Guardian of Ancoats", replaced a mural with the same image when the building it was on was demolished. It represents a big bird with colourful plumage, a long orange beak and colourful crest, standing on grass and flowers on a black background. The artist of the mosaic is Mark Kennedy.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jul 8

Today's #dailypicturegame word is RUNNING. Tomorrow's word is BIRD (Runners at the start of my home #parkrun)

A large group of runners has set off for their Saturday parkrun in Platt Fields park (South Manchester). They are running on a tree lined avenue. The photographer is in the grass on the left of them, near the parkrun blue sign saying "South Manchester". The run director is also nearby.
It's November and the trees have no leaves left.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jul 6

Today's #dailypicturegame word is FRUIT. Tomorrow's word is RUNNING.

Purple grapes hanging from the vines, ready to be harvested.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jul 4

Today's #dailypicturegame word is LONG. Tomorrow's word is FRUIT. (Long beaches of Sicily)

A bay by the Mediterranean sea in the summer. The beach has golden sand. The view is from one end of the bay with the sea getting in from the left. There are people in the distance walking along the shore.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jul 3

Today's #dailypicturegame word is CASTLE. Tomorrow's word is LONG. (Castel dell'ovo in Naples: "the egg castle", according to one legend is built on top of an egg and and when the egg breaks there will be a catastrophic event in Naples).

A nocturnal image of "castel dell'ovo" in Naples (egg castle), illuminated by street lights.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jul 2

Today's #dailypicturegame word is SEAT. Tomorrow's word is CASTLE. (My brother up on Arthur's seat in Edinburgh a few years ago).

A group of people at the top of Arthur's seat in Edinburgh. The photo is taken from the path below. A man with a white t-shirt and brown trousers has his arms outstretched against the blue sky. Other people are sitting on the ledge or hanging around looking at the view.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 29

Today's #dailypicturegame word is TREES Tomorrow's word is SEAT (Early spring in Manchester).

Whitworth park in Manchester: the trees that were still mostly leafless as it was early spring. The sun is low on the horizon and the shadows are very long. A person is walking on the path towards the sun.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 28

Today's #dailypicturegame word is PINK. Tomorrow's word is TREES.

A metal shelf containing a glass fork, a glass knife and a glass spoon standing my themselves; two pink cocktail glasses and two Moka coffee machines of different sizes

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 26

Today's #dailypicturegame word is PET. Tomorrow's word is PINK. (A cat finding shade in the summer heat)

A cat is lying in the shade inside a courtyard. There is a high wall on the left hand side and a lot of potted plants along it. The cat is white with brown and black patches. The fur around the eyes is black, so it looks like the cat has sunglasses on.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 24

Today's #dailypicturegame word is UNDER. Tomorrow's word is PET. (People under the canopy of Liége train station)

An image of people at Liége train station on one of the bridges up from the platforms. The white slanting beams let the sun through providing a striking geometric image of lines and light intersecting.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 23

Today's #dailypicturegame word is METAL. tomorrow's word is UNDER (Detail of metal bridge structure)

The understructure of a metal bridge, with part of the vault sustaining it. On the left there is also a stone pillar (and a man in a blue striped t-shirt walking under it).

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 21

Today's #dailypicturegame word is SUMMER. Tomorrow's word is METAL. (summer days at the beach)

A view of a sandy beach on the Mediterranean sea. People are walking or standing. The red flag to signal the stormy sea is up and there is also a red parasol near the rescue boat.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 19

Today's #dailypicturegame word is REFLECTIONS Tomorrow's word is SUMMER. (Perfect reflections on the way to work)

A view of the Macclesfield canal from a bridge during a very clear day with blue sky and everything at the side is the canal perfectly reflected in it.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 18

Today's #dailypicturegame word is CAFE. Tomorrow's word is REFLECTION. (Having coffee outside a long gone cycling themed café) This would be good for tomorrow too! 🙂

Two people are having coffee outside a café. Ther images are reflected in the window of the café. Four shield-shaped signs of different colours (light blue, aubergine, red, light blue) are on the window with the words "pavé coffee". A person working in the café is also visible.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 17

Today's #dailypicturegame word is FAN Tomorrow's word is CAFE (Lots of football FANs at the stadium)

At the stadium watching a football match. The stadium is full and the match is ongoing (Juventus vs. Chievo).

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 14

Today's #dailypicturegame word is ABSTRACT Tomorrow's word is FAN (Inside a Yayoi Kusama abstract artwork)

Inside a box of mirrors completely surrounded by white and blue small circles. This is an artwork by Yayoi Kusama.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 13

Today's #dailypicturegame word is CLOUDS tomorrow's word is ABSTRACT

A cloudy sky seen through an angular structure of wooden segments making up open squares at different levels.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 12

R.I.P. David Hockney. Thank you for your beautiful art. The picture below was taken at an exhibition of his portraits in Bilbao.

A red gallery wall is lined with David Hockney's portraits (people sitting on a chair). A woman is walking by the paintings and a man further away is standing in front of one.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 12

Today's #dailypicturegame word is GREEN. tomorrow's word is CLOUDS. (Greenery in the shoes).

A pair of white trainers with a red stripe on the side are on a black ledge outside a house. The shoes are filled with two small flowery plants, with green leaves and purple flowers in the shoe on the left and red and white flowers in the shoe on the right.

Loredana Spadola@loredina· Jun 11

Today's #dailypicturegame word is SPACE. tomorrow's word is GREEN. (the space under this viaduct is used as a nice little parklet)